Broccoli pun 'is offensive to Tourette's sufferers'
Charity demands apology from Fringe comic Olaf Falafel
19/08/2019 … It might seem like a harmless pun – but the line named ‘joke of the Fringe’ today has been slammed as offensive.
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Mon 19 August 2019
Sky sets air date for Sarah Kendall's Frayed
1980s-set comedy launches next month
19/08/2019 … Sky One has announced that Sarah Kendall’s new comedy Frayed is to launch on September 26.
Jason Manford describes terrifying road-rage chase
Crazed driver followed him for 80 miles
19/08/2019 … Jason Manford has told of his terror of being chased for 80 miles by a crazed road-rage driver.
© Raffi Asdourian/CC BY-SA 2.0 Channel 4 orders a satirical comedy horror series
19/08/2019 … Channel 4 has commissioned a satirical comedy-horror series from film-maker Ben Wheatley.
Adam Hills is back on Australian TV
As music quiz Spicks and Specks returns
19/08/2019 … Adam Hills is returning to Australian TV.
Olaf Falafel wins Joke of the Fringe
With a cheesy cauliflower line
19/08/2019 … Olaf Falafel has won this year’s joke of the Fringe.
Sun 18 August 2019
Amused Moose picks its Magnificent 7
Winner will get a two-week New York run
18/08/2019 … Seven comedians have been nominated for this year’s Amused Moose Comedy Award for the best Edinburgh Fringe show from ‘talent on the cusp of fame’.
Fleabag's back on stage
The best of the week's live comedy
18/08/2019 … The week's best live comedy.